This week’s R&B lineup features new music from Durand Bernarr, Joyce Wrice, Casper Sage, and Alina Baraz, offering a spectrum from soulful ballads to inventive alt-R&B. Current trends show the genre ...

Ironic, then, that such a shift seems to have been ushered in by a death — not of R&B proper, mind you, but of one of its greatest modern pacesetters: The Weeknd. Since 2011, the persona inhabited by ...

Host Erykah Badu attends the 2016 Soul Train Music Awards at the Orleans Arena on November 6, 2016 in Las Vegas. The combination of rhythm and blues spurred the development of the culture and genre ...

A group of young singer-songwriters have transformed the genre by looking backward, without getting stuck in the past. Here and below are seven of the many contemporary artists who are redefining and ...

From Jill Scott’s soulful comeback to Usher and Chris Brown’s blockbuster tour announcement, R&B is thriving with fresh sounds and bold collaborations. This week’s releases blend traditional soul with ...

Welcome to The State of R&B, ESSENCE’s look at the past, present and future of rhythm and blues. In this piece, ESSENCE editor Rivéa Ruff reports on the blending of hip-hop and R&B. Since the ...

WITH US MUSIC LOVERS. YOU’LL WANT TO HEAD TO HIGH POINT THIS WEEKEND. OKAY. THEY ARE HOLDING THEIR FIRST EVER R&B SOUL PICNIC ON SATURDAY. THE GOOD VIBES WILL BE HAPPENING INSIDE OF OAK HOLLOW ...

Over the past year, Camper has quietly been steering the sound of contemporary R&B. The producer, whose real name is Daryhl ...

The newspaper, which started in 1966 with a focus on R&B, funk and disco, shut down in 1982. But one of its founders’ grandsons is devoted to finding it a new online audience. By Christopher Petkanas ...